Born in
Auckland, Lusk was educated at
Sydney High School,
Sydney Church of England Grammar School, and at
Auckland University College, where he earned
Master of Arts and
Bachelor of Laws degrees. Lusk made his first-class debut as a batsman for
Auckland in the 1899–1900 season, but it was not until his 16th match, in 1907–08, after he had transferred to
Canterbury, that he scored his first fifty, 66 against Auckland in the first-ever match in the
Plunket Shield. In 1909-10 he scored his first century, 102 out of a team total of 241, opening against
Otago, and was selected to open for
New Zealand in the two matches against
Australia later that season; he scored 83 runs in four innings. The next season, he scored 151 not out against Auckland, adding 148 in an unbroken fifth-wicket stand with
Dan Reese that took Canterbury to their first victory in the Plunket Shield. It was also Canterbury's first Plunket Shield century. Lusk later returned to play for Auckland, appearing for the last time in the 1920–21 season, when he was 43, and made 43 (top score) and 31. Lusk was the
New Zealand Amateur golf champion in 1910, beating
Bernard Wood in the final. He had been runner-up in 1907 and 1908. He won the Auckland provincial championship four times between 1921 and 1928. For 30 years he wrote editorials for
New Zealand Golf Illustrated. When he returned to Christ's College, he coached cricket there, his pupils including
Tom Lowry. He transferred to
King's College, Auckland, in 1920, teaching English and mathematics. and served as acting Headmaster from 1940 to 1943 and as Headmaster from 1943 to 1946. In all he taught for 52 years. ==References==